We walked all around the city, seeing the touristy sights and some of the local secrets. We walked through the Botanical Gardens that were full of fruit bats, by the Art Museum that had lots of famous artists and what not (naturally), lots of statues and other stuff.
Dodgeball inspired statue, or statue inspired by Dodgeball?
We also saw the ANZAC Memorial, which is the Australia New Zealand Army Corps Memorial, which I will be celebrating this April in a local pub playing some form of Australian drinking game. Hey, it is what we were told to do!
We also saw St. Mary's Cathedral, which is one of the biggest churches in Australia and was absolutely beautiful, inside and out. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, but a few lucky characters decided to sneak some. I was not one of the, as I wanted to keep my limbs.
We continued our walk and finally got to see what we had all waited for, and expected.....
After our tour of the city, we returned to our hostel and went out on our 3 hour booze cruise on Sydney Harbor. A 3 level boat with an open bar, pizza, a dance floor, and heaps of good times! After the boat docked we wandered back home and called it a night.
The next morning we awoke for another brekkie in the bar down stairs, and headed out to see The Blue Mountains. These were lovely sights, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend them to everyone. It is something to see, but one of those "I came. I saw it. I won't need to see it again" kind of things. After a full day of mountainous sight seeing, we came back and started prepping for the Mardi Gras parade. We put on our neon clothing, acted a fool, and walked in a giant pack with other people down to the parade. Asian photograpehrs thought we were quite the sight and were snapping pictures of us, but there were some dressed a lot more crazy than we were. I won't go into details of this night, mainly because I don't remember most of them or am too embarrassed to say so!
Sunday, we took a ride on Manly Ferry around Sydney Harbor again to head to Manly and Shelly Beach. If anyone has seen the Amazing Race this season, yes this is where they were for their first leg of the race! It was so crazy to see the spot that Phil was standing, and all of the other parts of that leg of the race. Can't wait to do it when I get on the show!
We then headed to Bondi Beach, one of the most famous beaches in Australia and spent the day there. The water was a beautiful blue and crystal clear, the sand was soft and white, and everyone had a great time. We had a quick dinner and then had to head back to the bus for another long trip back to Bond Uni. We arrived home at around 6am and immediately crashed on top of our beds, dying to stretch out after cramming behind a bus seat. (Thanks a lot Kendall and Leeann for putting your seats back so far!)
So my weekend to remember at Sydney Mardi Gras was rememberd for the most part, just a little blurry at times. Oh well, we will see where my next adventure takes me!
Until Then,
Wilson
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